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Merry Christmas from tinyBuild! Here's your free SpeedRunners present
There's now a free Party Mode version of SpeedRunners to download
We're giving away tons of free games on Twitter over the next several days
Thanks for an incredible 2014!
Hey everybody,

tinyBuild had a fantastic 2014 thanks to all of you, with our best ever game sales to date, multiple third-party games published, and our first moves into mobile and console games. Now we want to give you all a Christmas present to say thanks for the great year.

Remember when we said that a free local multiplayer version of SpeedRunners was on the way, so you and your friends can play without paying? Today DoubleDutch Games launched SpeedRunners Party Mode, and you can grab it for free from Steam right now!

(click Download Demo link on store page)

Here's the idea: You download SpeedRunners Party Mode for free, launch the game, and hit PLAY GAME. You're then instantly thrown into a four-player game, with three of the best levels -- SS Royale, Alley and Theme Park -- playing on rotation. You can either play it straight with up to three friends, or you can leave it on in the background at a party of gathering. Any inactive characters will be turned into bots on the fly, and you can take control of a bot at any point.

If you already own SpeedRunners on Steam you won't be able to download this free version via Steam, but you can get the standalone game right here.

Want some free games? Sure, why not

Along with the free version of SpeedRunners, we want to make sure you have plenty of tinyBuild goodness to play over the Christmas holidays. That's why, starting from today at 4pm CET, and running all the way until Boxing Day, we're going to be giving multiple free games away every single hour. That's, like, hundreds of free games.

So how do you grab one of these free games? All you need to do is make sure you're following @tinyBuild on Twitter, and keep your eyes peeled for the Steam key drops that will be happening every 15 minutes or so. When you see a code drop, you will want to copy it and paste it into Steam's code redemption system. If you're the first person to grab the code, the game will be instantly added to your Steam library, and you'll be able to download and play without spending a penny.

So that's our early Christmas presents to you lot. We still can't believe how lucky we've been this year - SpeedRunners is now an indie multiplayer phenomenon, we've released Lovely Planet to incredibly positive reviews, we've expanded into mobile with Spoiler Alert, and are gearing up for expansion into consoles. Not to mention we've been expanding the team! It's like we're an actual company now that's actually creating jobs!

For me personally, this year was a jet-fueled rollercoaster ride. I still can't believe we managed to pull off all the shows - GDC, PAX East, Gamescom, PAX Prime, EGX London, and more. It's kinda insane. I wrote this long PAX Prime post-mortem to give you an idea of what it's like to manage a show indie-style.

I'm super looking forward to seeing how BOID shapes up. It's been a personal objective to work on an RTS game, and in 2015 we'll release it with Mokus, the game's developer.

When I quit my job at the beginning of this year, I was determined to do one thing at tinyBuild - never allow us to turn into a "corporate" environment. We don't have presentations, we don't do employee reviews, we avoid the typical bullshit you'd encounter at any growing company - especially politics. We discuss our "company strategy" while putting together the flooring of our PAX booth at 1 in the morning. We settle disputes in nerf gun fights, and by home-made flamethrowers (NB: Do not try this at home).

We work in video games, and I have enormous respect for people in this industry who are in it for their love of video games. I absolutely love working with indie game developers. It's not always the best job out there - the hours are long, and the odds of making loads of money are slim, but all of it is heavily outweighed by the pros of doing what you love.

Thank you again for supporting tinyBuild over the last 12 months, and we can't wait to show you what we've got planned for the next year.

On behalf of tinyBuild and all of the developers we work with,
Merry Christmas!
Alex Nichiporchik
CEO @tinyBuild

Download SpeedRunner Party Mode (standalone)
SpeedRunners Party Mode on Steam (click Download Demo)
Follow us on Twitter for free game keys